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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 140, Factory Ceramics

Amalfi

Vase
1951 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

White porcelain vase of cylindrical body with fluted sides.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleAmalfi (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Porcelain
Brief description
Vase 'Amalfi', porcelain, designed by Sven Erik Skawonius, made by Karlskrona, Sweden, 1951.
Physical description
White porcelain vase of cylindrical body with fluted sides.
Marks and inscriptions
'UPSALA-EKEBY KARLSKRONA SWEDEN' around a crown and anchor and 'SKAWONIUS' (Printed in green)
Credit line
Given by the maker
Bibliographic reference
Opie, Jennifer Hawkins. Scandinavia: ceramics & glass in the twentieth century. London: V&A Publications, 1989. 113 p. ill. ISBN 1851770712.
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.198B-1954

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Record createdOctober 6, 2008
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